Fight to the Death
"Battle Royale," or "Batoru Rowaiaru," directed by Kinji Fukasaku, was adopted by Koushon Takami's novel of the same name. It was published in April 1999 and translated to English in February 2003. If you want to read it, then you can. The film is kind of a mix between Golding's "Lord of the Flies " and King's "The Long Walk ." If you haven't read either books, then I recommend for you to read them. They are as amazing as this movie.
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The movie opens up with the end of a previous program where a girl has just won. She smiles sweetly at the camera, cradling a stuffed animal, while drenched in blood. The scene changes to Shuya Nanahara, who is the main protagonist of the movie, who just discovers his father has committed suicide. We see the other main character, Noriko Nakagawa. While her peers show no respect for adults, do not attend classes, and boycott school, she continues to attend. Her teacher <16%u2033>Kitano gets stabbed by one of the students, and she quickly hides the blade. He looks at her disappointed and never returns to school.
The class goes on a bus trip, including the boy who stabbed Kitano, where they are knocked out. Shuya wakes up momentarily, but he is quickly hit by one of the "bus drivers." They wake up with collars around their necks and see that their old teacher Kitano is back to take care of business. By using a video, the rules of the games are explained. One by one, the youth leave to start the horrific game.
I loved this movie. It was 144 minutes, but it didn't even feel like it was over two hours long. Even before the movie began, I was hooked. The music was so empowering that I felt my whole body tingle. The little recap as to the history of why the Battle Royale program was created was a very good way to explain what led to this program getting created, and not bore the audience. Sometimes telling rather than showing is a better way to go.
The characters, even if their role were small, were three-dimensional. I felt for each one, even if they were acting with menace. I liked how the director made sure to not make any of them, well maybe the two protagonists, angelic. It showed how humans are. We are usually not 100% good or 100% evil. We have our flaws, and the movie portrayed that. Even Kitano, the teacher, was shown to have his moments where the audience felt sympathy for him.
The movie states the adults feared the youth. You have to wonder if maybe in a way they envied them as well. Young people are carefree and are not bogged down by the worries that adults are. Then you wonder if maybe the ones that partake in this program were not better off than young people who don't and become adults. Another theme that the movie was trying to show is that trying to instill fear in others will always backfire because sometimes that fear turns into something unexpected that will be your demise.
Definitely rent it. There is a sequel , and I am going to watch it, even if it did not get the best reviews.
5 out of 5 popcorns.
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